![]() After going through a drunken, self pitying stage she eventually decides its time to start acting a little more human and decides to get dressed, go shopping and cook a meal for her family as an apology for her recent behaviour. ![]() The only thing she does manage to do is care for her daughter’s needs, although she has to send her parents or sisters out to the shops to buy any essentials as she can’t bring herself to get dressed and leave the house. ![]() Initially, Claire can barely even bring herself to get out of bed everyday, never mind get dressed. So, she does the only thing that makes any sense, returns home to Dublin to stay with her Mum and Dad. Claire suddenly finds herself alone with a brand new baby, who doesn’t even have a name yet, and doesn’t know where to turn. ![]() Whilst still in hospital recovering from the birth, Claire’s husband, James, visits her and informs her that he is leaving her and that he has been having an affair for the past 6 months with their neighbour from downstairs in the flats where the live. It is the story of Claire Webster, formerly Walsh, whose husband leaves her on the day she gives birth to their first child. “Watermelon” is the first book in Marian Keyes’ series about the Walsh Family. ![]()
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